2002 Sugar Bowl

2002 Nokia Sugar Bowl

(10–1)

(9–3)

Head coach:
Ron Turner

Head coach:
Nick Saban

AP	Coaches	BCS
7	7	8

AP	Coaches	BCS
12	12	13

	1	2	3	4	Total
Illinois	0	7	14	13	34
LSU	7	27	7	6	47

Date

January 1, 2002

Season

2001

Stadium

Louisiana Superdome

Location

New Orleans, Louisiana

Referee

Steve Usecheck (Big XII)

Attendance

77,688

The 2002 Sugar Bowl a 2001–2002 BCS game was played on January 1, 2002. This 68th edition to the Sugar Bowl featured the Illinois Fighting Illini, and the LSU Tigers. Illinois came into the game 10–1, and ranked 8th in the BCS, whereas LSU came into the game 9–3, and ranked 13th in the BCS.

Domanick Davis started the scoring with a 4-yard touchdown run to open up a 7–0 LSU lead. In the second quarter, he posted touchdown runs of 25 and 16 yards, as LSU opened a 21–0 lead. Quarterback Rohan Davey found wide receiver Josh Reed in the end zone for a 28–0 lead. Quarterback Kittner threw a touchdown pass to Hodges to close the deficit to 28–7. Rohan Davey added another touchdown pass before the half to open a 34–7 half-time lead.

Illinois tried to rally but were too far behind, and LSU ended up winning 47–34.

References

2001–02 NCAA football bowl game season

New Orleans (Dec. 18) GMAC (Dec. 19) Tangerine (Dec. 20) Las Vegas (Dec. 25) Seattle (Dec. 27) Independence (Dec. 27) Galleryfurniture.com (Dec. 28) Music City (Dec. 28) Holiday (Dec. 28) Motor City (Dec. 29) Alamo (Dec. 29) Insight.com (Dec. 29) Sun (Dec. 31) Liberty (Dec. 31) Peach (Dec. 31) Humanitarian (Dec. 31) Silicon Valley (Dec. 31) Cotton (Jan. 1) Outback (Jan. 1) Gator (Jan. 1) Florida Citrus (Jan. 1)

Bowl Championship Series games: Fiesta (Jan. 1) Sugar (Jan. 1) Orange (Jan. 2) Rose (Jan. 3)

All-Star Games: East-West Shrine Game (Jan. 12) Senior Bowl (Jan. 26)

Sugar Bowl Game

History & conference tie-ins	History Tulane Stadium Georgia Dome Mercedes-Benz Superdome College Football Playoff Broadcasters Southeastern Conference Big 12 Conference

Games	1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1972 1973 1974 1975 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1995 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

Notes	The 2006 game took place in Atlanta, Georgia due to Hurricane Katrina. The game was also the national title game for either the Bowl Coalition, Bowl Alliance, or Bowl Championship Series in 1993, 1997, 2000, and 2004. There was a Sugar Bowl in January and December in 1972 and 1995. The game was a College Football Playoff semifinal in its 2015 edition.

Illinois Fighting Illini bowl games

1947 Rose Bowl 1952 Rose Bowl 1964 Rose Bowl 1982 Liberty Bowl 1984 Rose Bowl 1985 Peach Bowl 1988 All-American Bowl 1990 Florida Citrus Bowl 1991 Hall of Fame Bowl 1991 John Hancock Bowl 1992 Holiday Bowl 1994 Liberty Bowl 1999 MicronPC Bowl 2002 Sugar Bowl 2008 Rose Bowl 2010 Texas Bowl 2011 Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl 2014 Heart of Dallas Bowl

LSU Tigers bowl games

Pound sign (#) denotes BCS National Championship Game.

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